Reply #2: Sadly, Mr. Holbrooke has died.

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I personally thought he would be the one to replace Clinton as SOS.

Here is a comment from Senator Kerry,

"Kerry says Holbrooke was always a man on the toughest mission of "waging peace through tough as nails, never quit diplomacy."

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20101213sen_john_kerry_mourns_death_of_richard_holbrooke/srvc=home&position=recent

"On Capitol Hill, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., called the loss of Holbrooke "almost incomprehensible," adding that his "tough-as-nails, never-quit diplomacy" saved tens of thousands of lives."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_holbrooke;_ylt=Ak1I8xnV4vVPNe7KTx.7raes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNpdm1iYWJhBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAxMjE0L3VzX29iaXRfaG9sYnJvb2tlBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDMTAEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3VzZGlwbG9tYXRyaQ--